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The document explains the concept of Implementation Requests in SAP Employee Central, highlighting that certain configuration changes require in-depth knowledge of business processes and should ideally involve SAP Professional Services or an Implementation Partner. It details specific features and functionalities that fall under Implementation Requests, such as Workflow Derivation, Event Reason Derivation, and creating new Business Rules or Custom Foundation Objects. The article also provides guidance on how to engage with certified SAP partners for assistance with these requests.

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2280229 implementation req

The document explains the concept of Implementation Requests in SAP Employee Central, highlighting that certain configuration changes require in-depth knowledge of business processes and should ideally involve SAP Professional Services or an Implementation Partner. It details specific features and functionalities that fall under Implementation Requests, such as Workflow Derivation, Event Reason Derivation, and creating new Business Rules or Custom Foundation Objects. The article also provides guidance on how to engage with certified SAP partners for assistance with these requests.

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2280229 - What is an Implementation Request in Employee Central?

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 The following Configuration Change Requests are considered a new Implemenntation


Request and are not in scope of SAP Cloud Product Support.

 These Implementation Requests would require an indepth understanding of your Business


Processes (considering all potential down-stream impacts), thus it is recommended that
either SAP Professional Services or an Implementation Partner is engaged to fulfill such
requests.

Environment

 SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite

 SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Resolution

The below features and functionality require in depth understanding of your Business Processes and
hence is considered as a part of an Implementation project:

1. Workflow Derivation (XML)

o You want to add new Workflows(multiple) to your existing


Workflow Derivation configuration (XML).

o Example: To trigger new Workflow in your existing Employee Central configuration


 NOTE for Live Customers: A single addition or change to the derivation can
be requested via Cloud Product Support - you must create the Workflow
object and provide its ID as well as the trigger criteria.

2. Event Reason Derivation (XML)

o You want to add new Event Reasons(multiple) to your existing Event Reason
Derivation configuration (XML).

o Example: To trigger Event Reason Derivation in your existing Employee Central


configuration

 NOTE for Live Customers: A single addition or change to the derivation can
be requested via Cloud Product Support - you must create the Event
Reason object and provide its ID as well as the trigger criteria.

3. Adding a new Foundation Object Association

o You are looking to add a new association to any Foundation Object.

o You can leverage these KBAs:

 KB article 2285359 - Adding an Association from Custom Foundation Object


to MDF Foundation Object (GO to FO) - Employee Central

 KB article 2285593 - Adding an Association from Custom Foundation Object


to a Legacy Foundation Object (GO to FO) - Employee Central" to work with
associations.

o Example: Implementing a new association between Location and Legal Entity.

 NOTE for Live Customers: Cloud Product Support can add the association
mapping to the (legacy) Foundation Object (Corporate Data Model xml) and
advise on the field-criteria needed for UI Value Help to work correctly.

4. Create a new Business Rule

o You want to create new business logic from scratch.

 You can leverage KB article 2277956 - "How to create a Business Rule", to


understand how a Business Rule is implemented.

 Additionally you can also refer to "Using Business Rules in SuccessFactors"


handbook.

o Example: Trigger a Business Rule to create a new Pay Component in


Compensation Information when making changes in Job Information.

5. Create a new Custom MDF portlet

o You are looking at extending Employee Central with a custom MDF portlet.
 You can leverage the "Implementing Metadata Framework" handbook for
further information on support & capabilities.

o Example: Creating a new Object or Portlet (multiple objects) to capture extended


Employee related information.

6. Create a new Custom Foundation Object

o You are looking at extending your existing Employee Central Foundation Object
configuration with additional custom Foundation Objects.

 You can leverage the KB article 2285199 - How to create a Custom


Foundation Object to understand the basics of creating new MDF objects
and adding them to the EC configuration.

 Further information, expected behaviors or limitations you can refer to the


"Implementing Metadata Framework" handbook and the "Employee Central
Master" handbook for further information on support & capabilities.

o Example: Creating a new Custom Foundation Object to extend the Organization


Structure in Job Information

Note: When looking to implement any of the above features/functionality then we recommend you
to leverage either SAP Professional Services or an Implementation Partner to ensure your entire
business process is understood as well as any downstream impacts the configuration change may
have on your current configuration/data structure are considered, in order to build your custom
Business Process.

How to engage with a Certified SAP Partner?

Please reach out to our Partners today to engage with an expert.

Steps to engage a Certified SAP Partner directly

1. Visit our "Find and SAP Partner" page,

2. Click the "Search the SAP Partner Finder" button.

3. You can then use the filter options in the left navigation panel to find a Certified Partner
based on your needs.

4. Partners can provide quotes and estimates based on your needs.

Note: Each Partner determines the types of services they offer to customers and pricing can vary.
There are a number of Partners that would be glad to perform the types of
changes/implementations listed here.

Steps to enagage with SAP Professional Services

Please reach out to your Customer Success Manager or Customer Engagement Executive.

Keywords

CCOR, Impl, enable, enablement, config, ec, success factors , sf, csm

Products
Products

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions

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